At the height of the Space Race in the 50s and 60s, it was neck and neck between the USSR and the US as to who would land the first manned moon landing. The US won the race, and while history remembers the victors, the losers are consigned to the dustbin. We take a look at the Soviet Union's doomed attempts to put a man on the moon

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The launch of Lunik 1 in 1959: the first spacecraft to escape Earth's orbit

“Flying saucers have long been probed as alternative means of air travel.”

Newly revealed videos show the secret aircraft being put through its paces around a base during test flight.

Designers had hoped that the craft would reach speeds of around 300 mph, with a maximum altitude of 10,000 feet and a range of 995 miles.

Avrocar designs fuelled rumours of the links between the US military and the fifties and sixties boom in UFO sightings.

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COLD WAR: The Avrocar was through to be a replacement for helicopters

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UFO: US scientists spent £80 million developing the Avrocar in the Cold War

Washington spent £80 million developing the Avrocar, only for the projection to never really get off the ground.

Russia and the US spent the Cold War at each others throats – each looking for new tech to one-up the other.

Funding for the flying saucer eventually ran dry in June 1961, and the Avrocar project was canned.

Hitler's advanced and bizarre military technology from Nazi Germany

A look at Hitler's advanced and bizarre military technology from Nazi Germany

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V2 rocket - was the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile

Flying saucers have long been probed as alternative means of air travel.

Bizarre theories believe Nazi Germany was the first to experiment with saucer technology – often linked to their “flying wing” the Horten Ho 229.

Urban Explorer discovers the AMAZING fate of Russia's space program

Photographer Ralph Mirebs found his way into this hanger, part of the Baikanur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The contents came as a shock, as he found two disused space shuttles, once worth hundreds of millions of pounds, rotting away